Key Sports Law Cases & Developments 2025 – Central & South America

At the end of each year, we publish compilation articles to identify the most important legal cases and developments from the world of sports law in the preceding 12 months. The articles are comprised of the opinions of leading lawyers and executives from the LawInSport Editorial and Advisory Board.

This article contains the responses from our Central & South American members:

• Pedro Henrique Mendonça, Sports Law Consultant, CSMV Advogados, Bazil
  • Sports Incentive Law
  • Tax Reform
  • Financial Fair Play
  • Football Corporations
  • Sports Betting
  • FIFA Club World Cup
• Pablo Mettroz Holley, Associate, Parmars, Chile
  • A Decision Depriving One Club of Promotion, Whilst Granting a Double Jump to Another
  • The Outcome of The AC Barnechea Case and the Suspension of its Competition Licence for the Primera B
  • Did A Club Finish the League with a Negative Points Total and Still Avoid Relegation?
• Roberto de Palma Barracco, FIFA Legal Researcher & CAS Arbitrator, Brazil
  • Sports Betting in Brazil
  • Brazilian Football Association (CBF) National Dispute Resolution Chamber (NDRC)
  • Brazilian Sports Law (LGE or “Lei Geral do Esporte”)
  • Sports Arbitration and Sports Dispute Board in Brazil
  • CBF Financial Fair Play
  • Financial Markets on Brazilian Football’s Field of Play
• Ricardo de Buen Rodríguez, Founding / Managing Partner of the Law Firm de Buen Rodríguez Abogados, S.C., Mexico

We would like to thank our Editorial and Advisory Board members for taking the time out of their busy schedules to share their views with us, and also more broadly for their significant input into LawInSport over the course of the year.  Thank you.